Patch Tuesday confirms a CVE is fixed but not what changed in the binary, which function, which check, or whether it's a real fix or just churn.

The Drift Corpus is a diff of 240+ 2026 Windows kernel patches. Per entry: the changed functions with assembly, the bug class and call chain, WinDbg breakpoints to reproduce, and a plain-English root cause.

• Browse: https://byteray-ai.github.io/drift-corpus
• Repo: https://github.com/ByteRay-AI/drift-corpus

This repository breaks down Microsoft’s monthly kernel patches into clear binary changes, giving researchers a practical roadmap to find adjacent bugs, build faster EDR detections, and write precise firewall and network rules to block exploits at the perimeter.